PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes -Cognitive Dissonance, Norm (Social), Relational Aggression
24 Sep 2013
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Norman tiplet cyclists compete faster when competing with a group then by themselves. Triplett hypothesized that the mere presence of others was an important variable in the performance of the actor. Co-actors are individuals performing the same task along with you, while the audience is a group of people observing performing a task. The presence of co-actors or an audience affected performance on a variety of tasks, a phenomenon termed social facilitation. Social facilitation refers to an increase in performance and does not say anything about the interests of the audience , only that there is one. Therefore, sometimes presence of others lead to better performance and sometimes poorer performance like when doing maze, or solving complex math problems, learning nonsense syllables. Social facilitation does not lead to poorer performance on a given task if the audience is vested in the outcome. Published journal science, social facilitation: a solution is suggested for an old social psychological problem .
